You Are a Home Health Therapist Who Primarily Treats Pediatric

Multiple Choice

You are a home health therapist who primarily treats pediatric patients. Your next patient is a 2-year-old boy with spastic diplegia (cerebral palsy) . His mother is very involved in his care and eager to learn what she needs to do to facilitate his mobility. You are planning to educate her today on the optimum way to stretch his lower extremities. Which of the following activities would you suggest?

A) Slow movement held for 5 to 20 seconds at the end range performed twice a week
B) Slow movement held for 20 to 60 seconds at the end range performed every other day
C) Slow movement held for 20 to 60 seconds at the end range performed once a day
D) Slow movement held for 20 to 60 seconds at the end range performed three times a day